Boys' name · peaked in 1931
Glen name popularity since 1925
108,122 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Glen (0.9% girls, 99.1% boys). Half of them were born in 1956 or earlier, so the typical Glen is about 70 years old in 2026. Glen peaked in 1931 as the #112 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 108,122
- Named Glen, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1931
- #112 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,026 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.1% boys
- 963 girls · 107,159 boys
- Most popular in
- Wyoming
- 2.56× its national share
Peak year is the year Glen made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Glen births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1957. Measured as a share of all babies, Glen peaked in 1931.
- Steepest fall: Between 1969 and 1974, Glen's share of baby boys fell by 58%, from 1 in 798 to 1 in 1,920.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Glen's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Glen.
Decade by decade
Babies named Glen in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 158 | 7,695 | – |
| 1930s | 223 | 14,486 | #124 |
| 1940s | 170 | 16,553 | #148 |
| 1950s | 208 | 25,395 | #131 |
| 1960s | 126 | 21,877 | #149 |
| 1970s | 50 | 9,834 | #250 |
| 1980s | 28 | 5,331 | #360 |
| 1990s | 0 | 3,113 | #591 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,525 | #1,228 |
| 2010s | 0 | 945 | #1,672 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 405 | #2,026 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
42.7% of babies named Glen from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Glen is most popular
The index compares Glen's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Glen.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 2.56× | 364 |
| West Virginia | 2.29× | 2,117 |
| Oklahoma | 2.25× | 3,083 |
| Utah | 2.14× | 1,913 |
| South Dakota | 2.12× | 709 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Glen and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Glen (this page) | 107,159 | 1931 |
| Glenn | 217,779 | 1962 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Glen's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Glen.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Glen (1931).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data